Woburn Korean War Memorial - Woburn, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 42° 28.765 W 071° 09.126
19T E 323108 N 4705251
The Woburn Korean War Memorial is located on the south corner of the triangular Woburn Town Common.
Waymark Code: WMJ25P
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
Views: 6

The Woburn Korean War Memorial is the central monument in a row of war memorials on the Woburn Town Common. A 6' high rectangular granite stele, notched on the top of each side, rests on a granite base. In the upper part of the memorial there is a niche with a relief sculpture of a soldier dressed in combat uniform. He is kneeling on his right knee on a beveled slope while holding his rifle diagonally across his body with his left hand near the barrel and his right hand on the stock.

Below is the inscription:

KOREAN WAR
1950 * 1955

Below are the incised cross flags of the United States and the United Nations. near the base is the inscription:

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF WOBURN WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT

The reverse of the monument is inscribed:

DIED IN SERVICE
NORMAN G. CARLSON
JOSEPH DELUCA
CHARLES T. FOLEY
LEO C. KEATING JR.
DONALD KERRIGAN
ANTHONY L. LANGONE
GEORGE L. MACISAAC JR.

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Type of memorial: Monument

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